ATS公司推出新型瓣膜成形设备

 
 
植入新型瓣膜成形设备将会更加容易，为不同瓣膜修复手术提供更多选择。

ATS Simulus瓣膜成形设备是由ATS医疗公司(Minneapolis, MN, USA)生产的，以柔软的环(ATS Simulus FLX-O Ring)或者柔软的条带(ATS Simulus FLX-C Band)形式提供。能够用于二尖瓣和三尖瓣手术，设计用于维持心脏瓣膜正常的生理功能。这些产品都已经获得了美国食品药品管理局的批准。

瓣膜成形环和带适合用于需要修补心脏瓣膜的患者，能够完全替代瓣膜。瓣膜的支持结构叫做环面，经常由于严重的二尖瓣返流而扩大，可以使用瓣膜成形环来加强。这些环是由柔软的聚合体制造的，可以缝合在残余的环面上来支持瓣膜。
 
 
Making Heart-Valve Repair Easier
 
New annuloplasty products are designed to be easier to implant and offer choices that accommodate various approaches to valve repair.

The ATS Simulus annuloplasty products, manufactured by ATS Medical (Minneapolis, MN, USA), are available either in a flexible ring (the ATS Simulus FLX-O Ring) or a flexible band (the ATS Simulus FLX-C Band). They can be used in both the mitral and tricuspid valves, and are designed to maintain the normal physiologic function of the heart valve. The products have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Annuloplasty rings and bands are used in those cases where repair of a patient’s heart valve is preferable to the complete replacement of the valve. The supporting structure of the valve, called the annulus, is often dilated due to severe mitral regurgitation and is therefore tightened with an annuloplasty ring. These rings are made of flexible polymers and are sutured to the existing annulus to support the repaired valve.